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World War I soldiers leaving for service, marching on State Street to Media Station

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01427W.jpg
Date: 1917
View includes Media Borough Hall and fire house

Panama Canal Zone, fire station, Cristobal

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-16017.jpg
Date: 1908 (circa)
One of a series of photographs of Panama Canal construction and scenery by W. R. Newbold, Jr., of Media. Original caption: Canal Zone Fire Station, Cristobal

Media Lions Club presenting iron lung to the Media Fire Department.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01120.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-1955
Names on reverse (probably left to right): Frank Lees (front), Gleave Baker, A. Fred Schultz, Mayor; Ed Gibson, Francis Gray, Gus Houtman, Bob Burke, and Charles Outland

Media Fire Company. New Seagrave fire engine

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2706.jpg
Date: 1950-03-12
William (Billy) Hannum behind the wheel, as Walter Rhodes looks on.

Media Fire Company. New Seagrave fire engine

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2707.jpg
Date: 1950-03-12
William (Billy) Hannum behind the wheel, as Walter Rhodes looks on.

Media Fire Company. New Seagrave fire engine

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2708.jpg
Date: 1950-03-12
Left to right: William (Billy) Hannum, unknown, Richard (Dick) Lavery

Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2956.jpg
Date: 1950-05-06
Crowd listening to Crosby L. Smith, who was Media's tax collector in 1950 and former burgess (or mayor) of the borough. Date on negative envelope wrong.

Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3016.jpg
Date: 1950-05-06
Beer party in firehouse after the event.

Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3017.jpg
Date: 1950-05-06
Beer party in firehouse after the event. Francis (Duke) Cunningham entertaining the ladies.

Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3018.jpg
Date: 1950-05-06
Beer party in firehouse after the event. Edward Gibson, chief (left) with Mildred Gibson, his wife. As of 2020, four generations of the Gibson family have served the Media community though work with the fire company.

Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3019.jpg
Date: 1950-05-06
Beer party in firehouse after the event.

Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2953.jpg
Date: 1950-05-06
Shows the parade that was part of this event. Date on negative envelope wrong.

Media Fire Company, parading in front of Charter House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8150-1.jpg
Date: 1901-10-02
Firemen in uniform; onlookers include numerous children; Charter House willows in full leaf.

Media Fire Company, parading in front of Charter House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8150-2.jpg
Date: 1901-10-02
Firemen in uniform; onlookers include numerous children; Charter House willows in full leaf.

Media Fire Company wagon made by Media Carriage Co.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5255.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Photographed outside the Media Carriage Co. building. See also AP-5796

Media Fire Company officers

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2881.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-04-28
Left to right: William Hannum, Robert Ford, Charles Outland, Charles Higgins, Edward Gibson, Frank Lees, A. Randall Mathues, Bernard Cunningham, Richard Lavery, John Tipping, Centennial Book 26. Negative damaged.

Media Fire Company No. 1, fire hose carriage, old

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5212.jpg
Date: 1892 (circa)
Original post office, located at Plum and State, is on right. Highbarger & Lynch Furniture, "on State St. near Plum," on left. Modern prints in Photo Folder 7053, captioned by Frank Lees: “Media’s first fire house and first piece of fire equipment is…

Media Fire Company members with equipment in front of Borough Hall

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3069.jpg
Date: 1895
This is Zimmerman's copy of an old photograph, dated 1895.